Debian DSA-1601-1 : wordpress - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33402

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wordpress, the weblog manager. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2007-1599 WordPress allows remote attackers to redirect authenticated users to other websites and potentially obtain sensitive information.

- CVE-2008-0664 The XML-RPC implementation, when registration is enabled, allows remote attackers to edit posts of other blog users.

Solution

Upgrade the wordpress package.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.10-1etch3.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33402

File Name: debian_DSA-1601.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/8/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wordpress, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1599, CVE-2008-0664

BID: 27669

CWE: 264

DSA: 1601

Detections

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